US Congress House Bill 3897 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any guideline or regulation issued relating to the coverage of preventive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any other provision of PPACA to: (1) require any individual or entity to offer, provide, or purchase coverage for a contraceptive or sterilization service, or related education or counseling, to which that individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief; or (2) require any individual or entity opposed by reason of religious belief to provide coverage of a contraceptive or sterilization service or to engage in government-mandated speech regarding such a service. Declares that nothing in PPACA and no regulations or guidelines issued under PPACA shall be construed to authorize the imposition of a sanction or otherwise disadvantage an individual or entity on the basis of a religiously based decision made by that individual or entity to not offer, provide, or purchase coverage or a contraceptive or sterilization service, or to engage in a government-mandated speech regarding such service.

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012

Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-02-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB2043 (Same As) 2012-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB2092 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3897/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3897/BILLS-112hr3897ih.pdf